Teenager charged with killing her boyfriend after YouTube stunt went wrong

In what is being described as a YouTube stunt gone wrong, a 22-year-old man has been shot and killed, and his 19-year-old pregnant girlfriend has been charged with manslaughter.

Monalisa Perez was arrested after she fatally shot Pedro Ruiz in front of their three-year-old daughter while recording a stunt for her vlog, according to BuzzFeed news.

Perez called emergency services to report that she accidentally shot her partner at the couple’s house in Minnesota. Ruiz had a single gunshot wound in his chest. Emergency services tried to save his life, but he died at the scene, a criminal complaint said.

Ruiz would often play "pranks" on her boyfriend in videos

Perez told police that Ruiz wanted to make a video of her shooting a book while he was holding it, believing the book would stop the bullet. He gave her a .50 caliber handgun, according to KVLY, and the bullet went straight through, killing Ruiz.

Police have claimed recording equipment as evidence, and said videos will not be released.

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Ruiz's aunt, Claudia Ruiz, told WDAY-TV that Ruiz had told her he wanted to do the stunt "because we want more viewers, we want to get famous."

"He had told me about that idea and I said, 'Don't do it. Don't do it. Why are you going to use a gun? Why?'" Claudia Ruiz told the TV station.

"They were in love, they loved each other," she said. "It was just a prank gone wrong. It shouldn’t have happened like this. It shouldn’t have happened at all."

Perez had started the vlog earlier this year, and had uploaded many videos including pranks with herself and Ruiz. Earlier this week, she tweeted that they were planning to shoot a “dangerous” video.

Me and Pedro are probably going to shoot one of the most dangerous videos ever😳😳 HIS idea not MINE🙈